Lennard J. Davis: Hillbilly Elegy is an example of ‘poornography,’ in which the rich try to speak on behalf of the poor
JD Vance has climbed to his current position as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, in part, by selling himself as a hillbilly, calling on his Appalachian background to bolster … Continue reading
Michael Daley: The Kid
When the junkies stole everything in Albuquerque,
we turned north
thinking maybe Taos would unfold its risky secrets.
Abby Zimet: MAGA’s Hell On Earth | Women’s Rights, Child Care, Free School Lunch and Cat Hair
From one glad patriot, “The blue wave is coming, and it is covered in cat hair.”
Mike Vargo: Getting Smart About Education
In each life, hovering behind the facade or maybe in plain sight, something important may await discovery, something that words can only approximate.
Christine Rhein: Attack of the Five-Foot-Four Woman
In truth, only five foot three and a half,
and attack, too, a bit of a stretch
Michael Simms: How to Canvass Door-to-Door
Speaking with voters face-to-face is one of the best ways to educate, persuade, and mobilize them to vote for a candidate or cause, making door-to-door canvassing an essential part of any political campaign.
RAMZY BAROUD: FOR THE LOVE OF GAZA
My hope grows stronger as I witness my people’s steadfastness in the face of genocide.
Alliyah Lusuegro: Mass Deportations Would Be a Nightmare
Mass deportations would tear millions of families apart, including mine. It would also be a moral, logistical, and economic disaster.
Barbara Hamby: Ode to Skimpy Clothes and August in the Deep South
A young woman is walking with her boyfriend, and it’s deep
summer in the South, like being in a sauna
but hotter and stickier
LeeAnn Hall: Public Transit, Our Bulwark Against Climate Change
The transportation sector is the largest source of U.S. climate pollution — and 80 percent of transportation emissions come from the cars and trucks on our roads. It’s one of the only major sectors where emissions are still rising.
Pablo Otavalo: If you stood any closer you’d be underground
Help me dress these wounds with words
Brett Wilkins: The ‘Bigoted Conspiracy Caucus’ in US Congress
“Invasion and great replacement theory rhetoric, both deeply rooted in white nationalist and antisemitic tropes, are no longer a bug on the Hill, they are a regular feature,” said one campaigner.
Baron Wormser: Complicity | On Alice Munro
Munro has been likened to Chekhov but if one is looking at Russians the pertinent one seems to me to be Dostoevsky.
Barbara Huntington: Lost in Translation | Thoughts on Poetry After My Stroke
Then I became an erasure poem.
